FrameThrower · Actors · Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole
5 films · 342 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1987–2007
Born 2 August 1932 · Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England · died 14 December 2013
Peter Seamus O'Toole was a British-Irish actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it.
Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 342 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1987–2007
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1969
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1968
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1964
- Golden Globe Awards1963
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor1962
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1963
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1962
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1999
- David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor1988
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor1970
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor1967
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor1964
How their films are shot
Measured across 342 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Peter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Peter takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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